Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Song - Shake Off Your Heavy Trance Comments

Rating: 3.3

Shake off your heavy trance,
And leap into a dance,
Such as no mortals use to tread,
Fit only for Apollo -
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Beaumont and Fletcher
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Sylvia Frances Chan 18 October 2023

Exuberant entertaining fun, with so many excellent comparisons, a poem to my heart

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Sylvia Frances Chan 18 October 2023

Brilliantly worded and love to read this amazing poem,5 Stars Full Most deserving as The Classic Poem Of The Day, Hoorray!

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Khairul Ahsan 26 September 2020

'For this device: And at the wedding such a pair Each dance is taken for a prayer, Each song a sacrifice.' - Wonderful! Loved these lines! Congratulations on your poem's selection as the 'Classic Poem of the Day'!

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Mahtab Bangalee 26 September 2020

Each dance is taken for a prayer, Each song a sacrifice. You should stay longer if we durst; .........beautiful poem penned; yep Shake Off Your Heavy Trance

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Shake off your heavy trance, And leap into a dance,

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Edward Kofi Louis 26 September 2020

Fit only for Apollo! ! ! ! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Luis Estable 26 September 2020

I like best the first two verses. I think they go well together. This song, it is my take, is an invitation to do so.

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Dorina Neculce 26 September 2020

very nice , , O blessed youth! for Jove doth pause, Laying aside his graver laws, ,

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Dorina Neculce 26 September 2020

Gave Time wild wings to fly away, Has now no power to make him stay.

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